Description: In the high Himalayan valleys on the border of Tibet and Nepal a rare form of marriage and household organization is practiced: Polyandry, the marriage of one woman to several men. Nancy E. Levine presents in this book a systematic account of fraternal polyandry (in which all the husbands are brothers) among the Nymba, an ethnically Tibetan group living in Nepal. Levine, basing her arguments on comprehensive data drawn from years of fieldwork in these polyandrous communities, contends that polyandry cannot be explained by economic or demographic reasons alone. Notions about descent underpin a system of social ranking that divides the community into two circles of kin - landholders and their former slaves. These notions, Levine shows, serve to encourage endogamy and discourage migration. THe Dynamics of Polyandry provides rich material for rethinking ideas in gender studies, sociology, and human behavioral ecology and greatly contributes to knowledge of Himalayan societies.
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Book Title: The Dynamics of Polyandry
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
9" x 6": 309 pages
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
Publication Year: 1988
Type: Social Study
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Author: Nancy E. Levine
Features: Illustrated
Genre: Family, Parenting & Relations, Anthropology, Asian Studies
Topic: Kinship, Nymba, Nepal, Mariage and Family
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
